more letters to the editor
Thanks to car show supporters
Sep 24, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
With the help and support of these people, we were able to raise a cash donation and collect six boxes of toys for this upcoming holiday season.
Teachers give hope for the future
Sep 24, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Why do you live in Antioch? We stay because of the people like these who support our community and schools. They give meaning and hope for the future.
Are you kidding me?
Sep 17, 2009 | 15 15 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
I had to re-read the part about NIA being selected not with the lowest bid, but with the highest bid! Higher by 300 percent of the next lowest bid!
Action, not ‘answers’
Sep 17, 2009 | 2 2 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The council’s tactic of promising to answer questions while ignoring the underlying objections to the project was an insult to the intelligence of all concerned citizens in attendance.
Looking forward to building Web site
Sep 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
I wanted to take a moment to thank the CSD Board for selecting our company, NIA Creative, to design and develop the Town’s new Web site. I know we will do a terrific job, and will deliver a site th...
Against the grain of green
Sep 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Our City Council proclaims that it wants Oakley to be a green city. How – by destroying trees, overcrowding homes and destroying animal habitats?
No Canal (for now) – but what about 2-Gates?
Sep 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The canal’s defeat last week in Sacramento means that the rush to destroy the Delta has been slowed down. And that there is hope on the horizon that more reasonable, rational minds will persevere a...
Socialized medicine not the answer
Sep 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Where is this money going to come from? Every American’s share of the current national debt is almost $40,000. Just the interest on our national debt is over $1 billion a day. This figure is projec...
Welcome home, angels
Sep 17, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Thank God! Jaycee, we finally got our miracle. We never dreamed it would take 18 years to bring you back, but you and your beautiful daughters are home and truly free!
Out-of-control allegations
Sep 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Homeowners who ignore the evacuation orders of the firefighting experts place not only their own lives in jeopardy, but also the firefighters who are in the area protecting property.
Delta delusions
Sep 10, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Less fresh water means more salt water – an easy equation. Water has become a commodity. It seems to me that the water agencies will do and say anything to get their fresh water, with the state’s b...
Term didn’t sunset
Sep 10, 2009 | 27 27 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
People may find faults and problems with the way development has progressed in East County, but I guarantee you that without the ECRPC, it would be a whole lot worse.
Public pays public employees too much
Sep 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
Today, government leaders, managers and public-employee unions are as criminal-minded as AIG and the rest.
Red Cross should be DBPOA candidate
Sep 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
It is unfortunate that anyone asking legitimate questions, stating an opposing opinion or defending oneself is grouped under the label of “malcontents.”
Inside look at teacher’s life
Sep 03, 2009 | 2 2 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
What is a teacher anyway? Most people think we are those lucky people who get all that time off, and work that really short day, and get to have tons of fun working with children all day long.
New park will be better than ever
Sep 03, 2009 | 4 4 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
As mayor I was pleased to tell people about the plans for the redesigned and renovated park.
Make council listen to citizens
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Help keep the “small town” feel of Oakley alive. We don’t want to be another Antioch or Brentwood!
Insider’s take on wildfires
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A word of advice from someone that has fought these fires: if it were me – I would never leave my home until I was dragged kicking and screaming by police.
Criminalize pay spiking
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
It is time our state legislatures create a real no-nonsense law that prohibits pay spiking.
Seeing health care through different lenses
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s easy to understand why the insurance companies are worried. The U.S. is really their last remaining kingdom.